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Junctions: Guides That Meet

Mode: Object Mode, in Draw

Shortcut: Alt and click two points (connect)

Where two guides meet they share a point, a junction, shown as a cyan pin. The two guides move together.

Glue a Point

Drag a point onto another guide. A stroke that starts or ends on a guide is glued automatically.

Strokes started and ended on other guides, glued there

Move a Junction

Drag the pin. Ctrl and drag pulls it free.

A junction dragged, the guides on both sides bending with it

Start from a Guide

Hold F and drag from a point or a line.

A freehand stroke started on a loop, glued at its start

End a Line That Meets Nothing

A loose end shows a green ring. Hold P and click it until it shows a violet dot to make the line stop exactly there, with a pole at its tip.

Green ring (auto) Violet dot (stop)
A line ending in a square: the rows run on past its tip The same line marked to stop: the quads fan into a pole at its tip

Connect Two Points

Hold Alt and click two points.

Points Alt-clicked in pairs, a new guide between each pair

Good to Know

  • Two guides that cross get a pin without gluing; the junction goes there.
  • A region closes only when its guides meet. A guide that stops short leaves it open.

Examples

Two Guides Crossing

Two curved guides drawn across a flat sheet in Draw, crossing to the right of its middle, with a cyan pin at the crossing The sheet remeshed with Fill with Patches, the quad rows meeting at the crossing of the two guides